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    Are there any Hikvisions to avoid like the Dahua hacked Chinese ones?

    would you mind telling which models to avoid? I wanna buy something off ebay tonight whilst its 20% off
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    20% off on eBay with code PICKDADSGIFT if anyone needs a used BI computer etc...

    I want a Dahua Starlight but dont' know if I can trust anyone except Andy from here....argh
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    Are there any Hikvisions to avoid like the Dahua hacked Chinese ones?

    as per the title please
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    If you had to have a wireless camera what would you choose?

    Hi, I'm almost certainly going down the Dahua Starlight route for my outdoor cctv but have a need for a couple of portable wireless ip cameras. I have heard bad reviews of NETGEAR Arlo and I have Ring as my doorbell and the image quality is shuddersome, so I bet they are out of the question...
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    Hackers infect half a million routers

    Always wanted my own pfSense box but always been too scared to make it my internet facing router.
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    Q: Know any Wifi-Networked Temp/Humidity sensors ?

    I use Samsung Smartthings. The hub cost be £50 (I'm English) and each sensor varies massively, but the reason I bought SmartThings is that it's fairly vendor agnostic, and I can use cheap Chinese sensors with it. For temp/humidity i'm pretty sure Xiaomi does one which will cost probably around...
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    IPC-HDW4631C-A - any thoughts?

    I'm going to labour this point to get to the bottom of this as i'm not the only interested one......if there are seldom firmware updates and/or if you are not bothered about updating the firmware, then what are the other downsides of buying such a model?
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    IPC-HDW4631C-A - any thoughts?

    Can you elaborate please? What do you mean by china hacked?
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    Dahua 2MP Starlight Lineup

    thanks. Is the firmware often updated to include more stuff then?
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    Dahua 2MP Starlight Lineup

    thanks, but when you say "normal models" does that mean that the only difference is that the firmware can't be updated? Or is there something else to it? Which does it compare to the ones in the or is it a totally different model? It looks cheap you see and it's my first foray
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    Dahua 2MP Starlight Lineup

    Can anyone shed any light on what models these on the UK Amazon relate to on the reviews on this thread? 1) £56 Dahua New POE IP Camera IPC-HDW4433C-A 4MP With Built-in Mic Replace IPC-HDW4431C-A with Better Night Vision H.265 HD IR Mini Dome, IP67 2.8mm Lens, IR 50m Day and Night ,ONVIF...
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    Dahua 2MP Starlight Lineup

    thank you, so it's a nice way to adjust the field of view when it's in situ, I like it.
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    Dahua 2MP Starlight Lineup

    Hi guys, I'm new to the forum and to CCTV. I've read this thread and around on the internet and I'm 99% certain that I would like a Dahua Starlight camera in a dome/turret format, like the IPC-HDW5231R-Z. however I do not understand the difference between a motorised lens and a fixed lens, and...
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    Suggest a router that has a VPN

    Just to throw this idea in there, what about getting any router you like and adding an OpenVPN server on another device on your network?